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Two of our very own Cage Free Campus Society committee members were
nominated for the Inaugural Voiceless Animal Advocates Student of the
Year Award at the Voiceless Grants Awards Event which was held at The
Mint in Sydney last Monday. A big congratulations goes out to CFCS
general committee member Lakshinee Kodituwakku and CFCS treasurer and
co-founder Shatha Hamade who both made it into the final top 6 nominees
for the Award.
We are extremely thrilled and proud to announce that Shatha was awarded with the top honour of VAA Student of the Year!!!!!!!!
Here is a snippet from the VAA website about the evening:
VAA Ambassador Lindsay McDougall was on hand to present Shatha with her Award, which included a two-day enrolment at the Minding Animals Conference
to be held in July next year. The Event was a huge success and we were
lucky enough to be joined by a number of special guests including:
former NSW Premier Bob Carr, Australian Law Reform Commission President
David Weisbrot, Hugo Weaving, Lindsay McDougall and Imogen Bailey.
(http://www.vaa.org.au/engage/blog/and_the_winner_is.html)
Shatha,
a postgraduate law student, has recently completed her degree at the
University of Melbourne and intends to use her degree to help animals.
In fact, she was the driving force behind establshing animal law as an
elective in the Melbourne Uni law programme!
Below
are a few photos of Shatha and Lakshinee at the Awards event in Sydney.
In the words of Ms. Hamade, "Who ever thought that being an animal
rights advocate could be so glamorous!!"
Shatha Hamade with her Award for Voiceless Animal Advocate Student of the Year
 From
left: Brian Sherman (Founder of Voiceless); Shatha Hamade; Lakshinee
Kodituwakku; Hugo Weaving (actor and Voiceless Ambassador)
From left: Sarah Kossew (lawyer for Voiceless); Aaron Scheibner (film producer); Shatha, Lakshinee, Imogen Bailey (model, TV personality and generally gorgeous person) As if all that wasn't enough, CFCS Mentor and founder of the Cage Free Campus campaign in Australia, Kathleen Chapman, also took home a grant for her work campaigning against factory farming. What an achievement!
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